Whether former UConn wide receiver Deshon Foxx is a member of the Seattle Seahawks' final 53-man roster for the 2015 season is in question, but what is certain that he will do whatever it takes to make the team.

Foxx missed graduation at UConn this month to attend the Seahawks' rookie minicamp.

He left without being signed, but Foxx is a member of the 90-man roster now after getting a call from the team Monday. He is one of six to sign a rookie free agent contract with the team this year.

"Ever since you're 5 years old, all you think about every day is playing in the NFL," Foxx said by phone after coming out of a meeting in Seattle Thursday afternoon. "That's all you think about, every day, until you're 22 years old and that phone call comes ... you can't describe the feeling. It's the most amazing thing you'll ever feel. Now I don't have kids or anything, so I don't know how that feels, but in my life right now it was the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. It's indescribable, really."

The San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins were other teams that called Foxx after the draft, but the Seahawks seemed like a good fit for the speedy, versatile Foxx. He played running back, wide receiver and wildcat quarterback at UConn. He was on the punt and kickoff return teams for the Huskies. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers also were in contact with Foxx's agent, Sean Stellato of Massachusetts-based SES Sports.

"I'm playing receiver, outside, inside ... we haven't done a lot of special teams, but I know that as a rookie, I know that's my chance, that's my opportunity to showcase my abilities and contribute to the team early," Foxx said. "Wherever they put me ... it doesn't matter. I'm going to work, and I'm ready to work."

Foxx was a inconsistent his early years but not in his last two, when he was the second-leading receiver on the team his junior and senior seasons and contributed a lot on special teams.

He was very good on a 2-10 team last season, and it's not a stretch to say the Huskies could have been 0-12 without him, certainly 1-11.

The Huskies barely got by FCS member Stony Brook. And they wouldn't have if not for Foxx's electric 72-yard return for a touchdown in a 19-16 win. And UConn's only FBS win? It was over league champion Central Florida at Rentschler Field. Foxx tore up the Knights from the wildcat position with 102 yards on 11 carries, including a 68-yard TD. Safety Andrew Adams also had three interceptions that day.

"Special teams is where I got my first shot in college," said Foxx, who had 716 all-purpose yards last season. "I can do any position they want me to do. I'll do it to the best of my ability."

The Seahawks are doing voluntary workouts now with rookies and some veterans.

"I met Russell Wilson, awesome guy, great leader, one of the best leaders you could be around," Foxx said.

He said the veterans have been helpful.

"The older receivers show you how to do certain things and they don't want to see you fail at anything no matter what it is," Foxx said. "It's a great situation to be in. It's like everybody wants everybody to contribute. It's a pretty cool situation, really."

It would be really cool, of course, if Foxx could land on the final roster but for now it's one step at a time.

"Honestly, my mindset is ….this is an opportunity of a lifetime," Foxx said. "I just want to work as hard as I can no matter what it is. Study, watching film, running routes, walk through. I want to do everything to the best of my ability and at the end of the day I have no doubt that regardless of what happens, I'll know I gave it everything I have so I can be satisfied with my performance."